SP-303 Dr. Sample

The BOSS SP-303 Dr. Sample offers DJs and musicians a compact, easy-to-use portable phrase sampler with CD-quality sound, 8-note polyphony, 26 onboard effects and a realtime pattern sequencer—all at a price unmatched by the competition. For sampling and effects processing anytime, any place, the SP-303 can’t be beat.

Professional-Quality Phrase Sampling

While the SP-303 is easily the most affordable phrase sampler on the market, its professional sound and specs are on par with far more expensive models. Up to eight mono samples may be triggered at once—even when sampling using the “Standard” 44.1kHz recording mode. Two additional modes are provided for additional sampling time or to create “Lo-fi” effects.

New Pattern Sequencer

An onboard pattern sequencer makes creating songs from loops and phrases easy. Just select the length (up to 99 measures) and play along to the internal metronome. A quantize function corrects your timing, making it possible to create drum patterns by sampling individual sounds to the pads. And unlike the limited memory of other phrase samplers, the SP-303’s sequencer can store up 7,500 notes.

26 Killer Effects

Not just a sampler, but a full-blown effects processor, the SP-303 includes 26 professional effects like reverb, flanger, delay, and Voice Transformer—plus wicked distortion, filter, Slicer, Isolator, Lo-Fi, and Vinyl Simulator algorithms for twisting your sound to the extreme. Best of all, these effects can be applied to multiple samples simultaneously or live input signals.

Resampling and More

Once you’ve found the perfect effect, you can resample the sound to a new pad. This makes it possible to get even more out of the EF-303’s effects section. And adjusting effect parameters such as filter cutoff, delay time or modulation depth, for example, is as simple as twisting a knob.